Julia Kotarba – active as a soloist, chamber – and orchestra musician, has received acclaim for both her solo and chamber music activities. Collaborating closely with Alexandra Streliski, founder and the member of the Karski Quartet, rapidly gaining recognition on the international music scene, she performs in a wide range of venues throughout Europe. Together with the Karski Quartet she is an Associated Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in BE. She began her musical studies at the age of seven with Beata Zalewska in Cracow. She earned her Bachelor and Master degrees from the Cracow Academy of Music studying with Jan Kalinowski, and a master degree in chamber music at RNCM in Manchester. Right after she studied at Brussels Royal Conservatory in the class of Jeroen Reuling. She is a former member of the Airis Quartet (2015-2018). The quartet performed throughout Europe and released a CD with the music of Karl Amadeus Hartmann CD Accord label. The discography of Julia Kotarba includes also “A La Valse” with Enesco Octet and Ravel La Valse in a new string arrangement for a small string ensemble led by Philippe Graffin (2021), a CD album by Les Metamorphoses Or- chestra and Pieter Wispelwey in a programme of orchestral works by Weinberg (2021) and “W centrum Źrenicy” – album with poetry of Janusz Szuber with musical arrangements written by Julia herself, as well as Wojtek Inglot and Luke Sabat From 2015-2019